Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Monkey See…..Day Two Hundred, Twenty Six

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I admit, when Delilah first came to us she was much wilder/crazy/spontaneous than she is now.  I had hopes that over time, Sampson’s behaviors would impress themselves on her.  While some of her exuberance still remains she has learned something from Sampson.

You see….we have a ritual in our house that Sampson started.

When we come home from work, or anytime we have been parted for any length of time, you must pay homage to the king.  If you don’t immediately approach him, then he gets a toy and lays there playing with it and he waits for you.

 

As you approach him, the tail starts.  Thump. Thump. Thump.  He smiles and then you rub; for what seems like hours but in reality is only about 5 minutes.

When you stop rubbing if he isn’t satisfied, he rolls over.

Honestly he’s so cute, that you rub some more.

And yes, this is the trait that Delilah has picked up.

She will often times greet you at the door with a toy in her mouth.

Or she grabs a toy and postures…

Lately the cat has begun this greeting ritual.

Thankfully he doesn’t bring a toy and wait for you to pet him, but he is very persistent.

In fact, he just about insists that you pet him.

Monkey see….

Proceed With Caution….Day Two Hundred, Twenty Four

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About a week or so ago, I wrote a post about the dogs ripping up toys.

Sometimes the toys are torn apart immediately and other times the toys remain untouched for an extended period of time. Some of the toys my dogs have they have had for years.

Even though we are lenient in letting the dogs rip their toys apart, we still monitor them when they are in a ripping frenzy.   Because you never know what is inside those toys.  Keep in mind almost everything we buy here in the states, is made in China overseas.  I found that out when I was trying to buy “Made in the USA” toys for my grandchildren’s Easter baskets.

A lot of the stuffed toys have the little round squeaker inside them, (you may recall we refer to them as “bubble gum”) Sampson and Delilah love to pull these out of the toy, chew the little squeaky mechanism off and then chew on the remaining piece.  Luckily for us, neither one of them has ever farted and squeaked or I’m pretty sure we would stop that practice all together!

Some of the larger stuffed toys, don’t squeak.  Their sound is different, deeper and more drawn out.  I discovered that these big toys harbor an even bigger secret.

Yes, the mechanism that makes the long drawn out noise, is housed inside the toy in a plastic bag!  Thankfully I was standing there when she yanked it out, and I watched to make sure she didn’t swallow any plastic.  It was actually quite large but folks, this is the dog whose mouth I pulled a plastic baggie full of ham from!

And just a couple of days ago, I pulled a plastic wrapper filled with pepperoni or sausage from her mouth because some idiot dropped it in the woods.  She’s not human and doesn’t have the sense to pull the wrappings off, so imagine the damage this could do to her intestines.

If you let your dogs rip up/chew up toys that’s great;  just please supervise to ensure nothing dangerous is in there.

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